TINS displays error messages during online entry and are self-explanatory. However, error messages that appear during online processing do not appear on PMTHIS as the user is required to correct the errors before online transactions can process successfully.

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Error Code

Message

Comment

001

TIN MUST BE 11 DIGITS

Only online
inquiry allows for a 10–digit TIN, and TINS
calculates the check digit

002

TIN ALREADY EXISTS ON FILE

003

TIN NOT FOUND ON FILE

Replaced with Error Code 700
(Master Setup Required) effective September 2013. Error code will still
display on PMTHIS for batch transactions submitted before September 2013.

Changes may have been submitted for a TIN / payee not yet set up in TINS. Submit a payee master setup (600) and mail code setup (650).

701

MASTER SETUP REQUIRED

Changes may have been submitted for a TIN / payee that was purged or a number change or merge was processed. Submit a payee master setup (600) and mail code setup (650).

702

TIN MUST BEGIN WITH ‘7’

A change transaction to an existing payee TIN, a direct deposit change (661-663) and a direct deposit cancellation (664) all require the ‘7’ TIN and not an SSN- or ITIN-based number prefixed with a ‘2’.